Alice Walker – the American Author

By: Candy Arizmendi

Works read

The Color Purple “The Flowers” Literary analysis by Mel Watkins in the

New York Times about The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Published in 1982 Starts when Celie is fourteen Ends when Celie is in her mid to late

40s Shows what black women in that time

period went through

“The Flowers”

Myop is a ten year old little girl Parents are sharecroppers Shows kindness when Myop leaves her

flowers for the man Innocence is lost when Myop finds the

dead man.

Common themes in both works

Lose of innocence Racism Sexism